Proverbs 29:5
Those who ◄flatter others/say nice things to others merely to cause them to feel good► are really setting a trap for them (OR, for themselves) [SYN].
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:17“And I thought, ‘What the king says will comfort/encourage me, because the king is like [SIM] an angel of God. He knows what is good and what is evil.’ I pray/desire that Yahweh our God will ◄be with/direct► you.”
Psalms 5:9My enemies never say what is true; they just want to destroy others. The things that they say [MTY] are as foul as an open grave where a corpse is decaying. They use their tongues to tell lies.
Proverbs 1:17It is useless to put out a ◄trap/net to catch a bird► because when a bird sees it, it stays away from it.
Proverbs 7:21So she persuaded him by her enticing/tempting words. She allured him by her smooth/sweet talk.
Proverbs 26:24Those who hate someone and are saying [MTY] something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites; they are only planning to harm that person.
Lamentations 1:13It is as though he sent a fire from heaven [MTY] that burned in our bones; it is as though [MET] he has placed a trap for our feet, and has prevented us from walking any further. He has abandoned us; we are weak/miserable every day, all day long.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:5
4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. Here is, 1. The happiness of a people under a good government. The care and business of a prince should be to establish the land, to maintain its fundamental laws, to settle the minds of his subjects and make them easy, to secure their liberties and properties from hostilities and for posterity, and to set in order the things that are wanting; this he must do by judgment, by wise counsels, and by the steady administration of… Read the whole commentary →